Mr. Speaker, I believe that the Prime Minister has set a tone from the top down in his government. Quite honestly, that tone is one of disregard for Parliament. I do not take it as being personally against parliamentarians in general. I believe he simply thinks that this is the way he would like it, so this is the way it should be.
NSICOP may be valuable for our national security agencies and our intelligence committees to be able to see what the values of parliamentarians are based on the context of their operations. The Prime Minister could also learn from those as well.
However, that is not accountability. That is a form of checking in with the values of parliamentarians that are on that committee. It is not the accountability of this House, and it is not a committee of this House. As has been said before, NSICOP could actually be ordered by a minister or the Prime Minister to stop reviewing a particular file. That is not what we are asking for here.
We need more light and less deflection from the government.